Eschatology 13 Of 16 The Great White Throne Judgment

This is the judgment where all the sinners will stand before the Lord Jesus Christ and give account for everything they have SAID and DONE while they lived in this life.

Illus: Sometimes you will hear unlearned people pray in church and elsewhere, “Lord, as we all gather around the Great White Throne Judgment one day…”

Listen, we who are born-again Christians will not be there for this judgment.

• Christians are going to appear before the Lord at the Judgment Seat of Christ. It is there we will give account for the GOOD and BAD DEEDS we have done. We will be judged for our REWARDS, not our SALVATION.

• The lost people will stand before the Lord at the Great White Throne Judgment. They have already been judged and are condemned.

Look at John 3:18, we read, “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

According to the Word of God, every lost person in this building has already been condemn to a devil’s hell.

WHY ARE THEY CONDEMNED?

Because the Bible says, “…because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

They are NOT going to a devil’s hell:

• Because they drink liquor

• Because they are a homosexual

• Because they gossip and tell lies

• Because they do not go to church

They are going to a devil’s hell because THEY WOULD NOT COME TO CHRIST and let Him save them.

If you are here today and have not come to Christ for salvation, you are already lost and waiting to hear those horrible words at the Great White Throne Judgment in Matthew 7:23, “…Depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

The time when every lost person will hear these horrible words will be at THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT.

• Many of the lost today would rather take a beating than attend the house of God. But one day they will be forced to stand before Him.

• They have mocked God, cursed God, and opposed God in every way they knew how, and did not want anything to do with:

1. HIS CHURCH

2. HIS WORD

3. HIS PEOPLE

But now they will be forced to STAND BEFORE HIM!

Like it or not, they are going to stand in His presence and see the POWER and the MAJESTY of the Lord Jesus Christ!

As we deal with the GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT, we want to look at four things:

I. THE MAJESTY OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

II. THE MULTITUDES OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

III. THE METHOD OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

IV. THE MISERY OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

In this message, we are only going to have time to deal with one thing. Let’s look at-

I. THE MAJESTY OF THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

We need to look at several things, such as:

A. WHO WILL DO THE JUDGING?

Look at John 5:22-23 and verse 27, we read, “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.” (Verse 27) “And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.”

Jesus is the Son of God, but also He is the Son of Man.

The SON OF MAN has been selected to deal with mankind, and He will render TRUE JUSTICE!

B. WHERE WILL THE JUDGING TAKE PLACE?

Look at Rev. 20:11, we read, “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.”

The Bible clearly teaches that when the Great White Throne Judgment takes place, “…the earth and the heaven fled away…”

WHY DO THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS FLEE?

The Bible tells us why. When evil men appear before the Lord at the Great White Throne Judgment, it is going to be the most horrifying time in their lives. Naturally they would want to run and hide. But the Bible says that at this time, the earth and the heavens fled.

When this happens, notice, “…and there was found no place for them.”

So when the Great White Throne Judgment occurs, the earth and the heavens will flee, and they will have no place to hide. The Lord will create a specified place for the Great White Throne Judgment.

C. WHO WILL HE JUDGE?

Look at Rev. 20:12-13, we read, “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.”